Food Web Flashcards
Producers
Green plants that make food by photosynthesis
Primary consumers
Usually eat plant material, and they are herbivores. Eg rabbits,caterpillars, cows and sheep
Secondary
Usually eat animal material and are carnival. Eg cats, dogs, and lions
Predators
Kill for food. They either eat secondary or tertiary consumers
Prey
The animals that predators feed on
Scavengers
Feed on dead animals. Eg crows, vultures, and hyenas
Decomposers
Feed on dead and decayed organisms and on the undigested parts of plants and animals matter in faeces
What are the 7 things which indicate life
Movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion and nutritions
What do the lines in food webs mean
Flow of energy
Biomass
The living material in each organism. As we grow our biomass increases